Taking a registered business online in Nigeria — storefront, trust badges, and imports

The registered-business advantage — actually used

Most Nigerian SMEs with CAC papers still sell like informal sellers: DMs, transfers, a delivery guy on retainer. The registration that cost you money earns you nothing online — customers can't see it.

On BuyChat, registration is a visible asset. Business verification puts the emerald Verified pill on your storefront and beside your name on every product — the strongest trust mark on the platform, above the individual identity tick. In a market where buyers are actively scanning for reasons to trust, your paperwork finally pays rent.

What you get

• A real storefront — your products under your business name at your own shareable link, with ratings, description, address, and the verified badge. It's also crawlable: your store and products can be found through Google and by AI assistants, not just inside the app.
• Catalogue import — already on Shopify, WooCommerce, or Jumia? Import your catalogue instead of re-typing it. Stock and prices stay editable in one place afterwards.
• Protected payment by default — buyers pay into a hold, you're paid on confirmed delivery. This is what converts first-time customers who don't know your brand yet; it also ends "I've sent it, check your alerts" fraud against you, because funded orders are visible before you ship.
• Dispatch without a logistics department — verified riders are matched per order, handovers are QR-verified both ends, and interstate legs route through hubs. You prepare orders; the network moves them.
• Aisha as staff — "how many orders today?", "raise the price of X to ₦15,000", "what sold best this month?" — routine store operations run by chat.
• Growth tools when you want them — promoted placement in-app, featured listing on the crawlable /featured page, and every product automatically in the Google Shopping product feed.

Beyond goods

The same business account covers other lines your business may run: services with inspection-first quoting, event ticketing with QR entry, rentals with deposits, and short-let stays. One verified identity, every vertical.

Onboarding

Register at buychat.ng, switch to selling, choose business setup, and submit your CAC during onboarding. Import or list your products (Aisha writes descriptions if you feed her photos), and your storefront is live — verified badge and all. Fees are flat and published at buychat.ng/fees.